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Poet: Edgar Allan Poe
Poem: Lenore
Year: Published/Written in 1831
Poem of the Day:
Mar 4 2004
Comment 13 of 13, added on May 21st, 2007 at 11:27 PM.
...See The Raven Posted Comments.
...Leore is some Love before his cousin Virgina, a lost love...be dead or alive. Poetic license allows use of death even when it is only poetic. He wrote Lenore the year he moved into Maria and Virgina Clemm's home, 1831. The lines 'The sweet Lenore hath "gone before" with Hope, that flew beside, Leaving thee WILD for THE DEAR CHILD (Virgina) that should have been thy bride." Poe removes himself from first person, and writes as if the Heaven's have bestowed "the dear child' as his future bride....which did occur.
Lenore, finally is forgotten...as Virgina (1843-1844) lay suffering the consumption.
The dark side of Poe's soul, The Shadow of the Raven, and Lenore....are both to be 'Nevermore', as he writes in 'The Raven'.......he clears all up with Virgina shortly before his death. i.e. Annabel Lee.
I added a little conundrum here, in the cross reference posted your poetry site, with 'The Raven'........easier than the Times crossword puzzle, though. Read Annabel lee, Lenore, and The Raven......for the answer.
Stevan Fallon Dunn from United States
Comment 12 of 13, added on December 3rd, 2005 at 5:10 PM.
I'm not an Literature major, but I think you all miss one thing. Lenore was written in 1831. Poe married his 13 year old cousin in 1836 and lost her in 1847. People blame his depression on her death, but my question becomes: Who was lenore??
from United States
Comment 11 of 13, added on October 26th, 2005 at 1:19 PM.
Yes while most people can look past wealth and whatnot to see someones inner worth not everyone can and especially in the times that Poe wrote alot of who you were was based on your wealth and looks. Also Poe probably meant that while people thought that they knew her they never tried to know the deeper inner person, the parts of Lenore that she didn't show to just everybody but only to those she trusted to be herself around. While Lenore was wealthy Poe saw that she was more than money as many people did not and only saw her cash but she was truly just a good person and in this poem Poe tries to express that there will never be another like her.
Just my thoughts.
Jess
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...See The Raven Posted Comments.
...Leore is some Love before his cousin Virgina, a lost love...be dead or alive. Poetic license allows use of death even when it is only poetic. He wrote Lenore the year he moved into Maria and Virgina Clemm's home, 1831. The lines 'The sweet Lenore hath "gone before" with Hope, that flew beside, Leaving thee WILD for THE DEAR CHILD (Virgina) that should have been thy bride." Poe removes himself from first person, and writes as if the Heaven's have bestowed "the dear child' as his future bride....which did occur.
Lenore, finally is forgotten...as Virgina (1843-1844) lay suffering the consumption.
The dark side of Poe's soul, The Shadow of the Raven, and Lenore....are both to be 'Nevermore', as he writes in 'The Raven'.......he clears all up with Virgina shortly before his death. i.e. Annabel Lee.
I added a little conundrum here, in the cross reference posted your poetry site, with 'The Raven'........easier than the Times crossword puzzle, though. Read Annabel lee, Lenore, and The Raven......for the answer.
Stevan Fallon Dunn from United States